Rail-fastener.



' and J conwi Gunmen-scum CITY, KANSAS;

EAIL-FASTENER..

To all'wi'wm 'itmqyconccrnf 4 A Be-it known that I, dComvi'N CaninaV citizen of the United States, VVresich'nwat Scott City, in the lcoun-ty. of Scott and` tate if-Kansas, have invented a new and useful. Rail-Fastener, of which thetollowing is a specification. n

The device forming ,the subject matter of" this application is adapted to be employed# for holding a rail to a tie, and one object ,of the invention is so to improve the construction of the tie that the saine will co-- operate with a movahle retainer in holding,r the rail.

Another object ot' the invention is to improve the construction of the retainer, both as to its forni, and as to the means whereinT the retainer is mounted on the tie adjustahiy.

'It is within the province ot the disclosure to 'improve generally andto enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the' present invention a'p]. crtains. j

With theabove and other objects in View. which 'will appear, as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the coinhination and arrangement of parts and. in the detailsl of construction hereinafter described claimed,I it heineF understood that changes in the precie-:e embodiment of the invention herein disclosed ran he made within the scope of what is claimed. without departing from the spirit ot the invention.

ln the accornimnyino,l dra u'ing z- Fig'ure 1 shows in longitudinal section, a

`portion ot' a tic constituting a part of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the tie, the rail and other parts being` shown in place;

Fig. ti is a'lep plan of the structure Shown in Fig.' '2;

Fig, 4 is a 7"ross section taken approxiniatelvon the line 'l--4 otl Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a liicrspeetive View showing a. slight modification in the rail; and

Fig. 6 is a fragn'iental,longitudinal section showing a. lnodifimition i'n the retainer.

In carrying out the, present invention there is provided a trough-shaped metal 41 Vincluding a base it and upstanding aides 53. In the hase a depressed, transverse seat 4- is lorxned. The. sides 3 o1 the tie 1 are provided with notches, cach side 3 having a recess (i prolonged longitudinally of the tlc and comnn'micating with the notch Specification `of Letters Patent;

. Appiicanoa meenam-y 29,

'old rail 22, as shown in i Patented api?. 24., 191.7.' 1917. serialize.145,235.-` i

is defined liv a vertical edge?, the opposite" edge ot the notch being inclined as shoivn -at` S, and terniinatiugfat. its ImveruendWad- S of the notch-5, guide' Ways 9' are fashioned..

The hase Q may he provi openingl 1U.

The numeral 11 denotesl a rail including a hall 12, a wel) 1l and a flange 15. In practical operation, the flange 5 of the rail is lodged in the seat l, one sid portion of the Hanger 15 being received in the recess (i, and one side oi' the weh 1-'i abutting against the Vertical edges 7 of `the notches 5 in the sides 3 of the tiel. Ov'iner to inclination of the edges 8 or' the notches the rail 1l may be mounted in place readily, as shown in Fig. 2. ',lhe weh 14 of the rail 11 has a projection 1G, which, abutting at its ends a. einst the sides 3 of the tie 1, prevents the rai from moving endwise.

The numeral 17 denotes, generally, a red'ed withv a threaded 'tainer inclur'ling a body 1S ihounted to Slide on top ot the hase 2 of the tie, the edges of the hod-y 18 boing slidably received in the ln the. sides 3 of the tieclose 5.thc reruns (l lyingaliove a .portion of the v guidewavs 9, so4 that the retainer can be advanced and retracted with respect to the rail 11. The body 18 of the retainer merges into a reduced extension 19 having an upstandingr lip 19. The extension 1 9 is adapted to rest on top of the ange 15 of the rail when the retainer is advanced, and the lip 1.9 ahnte against one side of thevweb 14 as clearl)r shown in Fig. 2. Since the extension'lfl oth-ss width thun the body 18 of the retainer, tha retainer can he retracted in the ,'ruidcways- D. The body 18' of the re-. tainer '17 has a longitudinal slot; .ZG'through' which passes a headed set screw 21, threaded intc the opening 10 in the hase 2 yof the tie After the rail has been mounted in place as shown in Fig. 2, the container 17-mcy be advanced until it assumes the position outlined in Fig, 2, whereupon the screw 21 muy he tigl'itened downby a wrench or key, the head of the screw engaging the base or` body 18 of the retainer, to prevent the retainer from moving rearwardly. i

In ense that the invention is used with -en Fig. 5, a. projection 23, corresponding to the projection 16, may

be attached to the web of the rail by securin elements Q4, the )rojection 1G being forme integrally with tic web 14 of the mil 11.

AIn the modified form shown in Fig. 6, the

' base of the t-ie appears at 25 and the sides arc shown at 2G, the same having guide ways 27 receiving a. retainer 28 carrying n set screw :29. In this form of the invention, the set screw Q9 is threaded into the retainer 2'8, the retainer being devoid of the slot 20 of Fig. 3, and there boing no hole 10 in the base, to receive the set screw.

Having thus described the invention, whit is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, n troughshaped tie including n base and sides, the sides having notches including exten- J1A CORWIN CRUM.

Witnesses:

PAUL L. Him., IoNE LANDRUM. 

